I don’t wear Nike… Never have never will. It’s not because of their past with child labor (dude, little hands make the best stitches, that’s why American soccer balls suck), it’s not because I don’t play basketball, it’s because I wanted to see how far I could go in life without rocking the swoosh. That being said, I’ve been enticed more and more by the Nike SB line… made just for skateboarders.

Ok, I don’t skateboard anymore (twas a small bit of my childhood though), but I do enjoy a good flat sole skate shoe (despite my flat feet). as DVS, Etnie, and Vans make fatter uglier shoes, Nike’s taking their incredible years of experience to make skate shoes that even I wanna break my no-swoosh rule to rock.

Their advertising campaign doesn’t suck either. Check out this extended commercial for Nike SB shoes, mainly the new Zoom Air Paul Rodriguez III, which is launched August 8th. Its a pretty sweet shoe… but the comercial spot, featuring Paul Rodriguez, Eric Kosten, and a few other celebrity cameos totally rocks. I believe it.

(Via It’s Nice That)

Major Lazer just dropped the official video for “Pon de Floor,” tapping into the dancehall world for dancers. A tad bit NSFW, this video features a particular style of dancehall that involves grinding the absolute fuck out of your partner. It’s a bit absurd, as is the rest of the video, but pretty visual nonetheless. (via – Pitchfork TV) Edit – via nuffin. the video on Pitchfork TV was removed, but it dropped again yesterday on Vimeo.. where I found out it was directed by Eric Wareheim, of Tim & Eric Fame… werd.

Visit BeastieBoys.com and you are greeted with a single Youtube video, embedded below. Adam Yauch, aka MCA, recently discovered he has a bit of cancer in his salivary glands, which is very treatable, but means they’ll have to cancel some of the Beastie Boys shows and studio time. That’s OK… get better Adam, you’ll be back to rock out in no time.

I just came across these awesome HD timelapse videos taken by an Ontario resident, of Niagara Falls and the Peace Bridge. I’ve driven past the Falls when it was all lit up, same as the Peace Bridge… and never gave either enough time to take in just how beautiful they are bathed in lights. Check out these time lapse videos after the jump, shot with a Nikon D90, and quit yer WNY whining for a second.
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Urban vinyl, designer toys, upscale toys, collector figurines… no matter what you call them, these are NOT the toys you buy at Walmart. The BBC has an ongoing series called “Japaorama” where they focus on parts of the Japanese culture… a segment on urban vinyl was bound to happen.

If you are still wondering why I collect these things, the clip below sums it up nicely.

Via ToyBot Studios

I absolutely love Donnie Darko. Richard Kelly is an awesome director, and if we can forgive him for Southland Tales, then I’m sure that The Box is going to be awesome. Based on a short story from Richard Matheson, The Box materialized once as a Twilight Zone episode (called Button Button), but in Kelly’s hand will be turned into a dark story of choice. Comes out October 10th, 2009…

Warner Bros – Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don’t know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

via Mishka Bloglin

Dating Grumpybear led me to realize how destructive and life-sucking World of Warcraft can be. I don’t have anything against that game, just something against the people that ignore everything around them to play it. This poor kid… he’ll live.

I started watching So You Think You can Dance last season and was hooked. I don’t watch Idol, I could care less about who’s Got Talent, but SYTYCD manages to keep me interested. The boyfriend DVR’d it for me and even he was sucked in last night. This year, we have a local Buffalo boy in the competition, and he held his own in Vegas, despite having to “dance for his life.” We’ll find out tonight  if he makes it to the final 20.

His name is Tony Bellissimo, lives in Hamburg, and has been dancing since he was a little kid. He attended the Future Dance Center in Buffalo, and was instructed by Denise and Gino Vaccaro. He also belonged to Tremaine Performance Company for a year or so, and his specialty is Hip-Hop.

Tony has a lot of potential. He has a great body, he’s tall and lanky, and full of humor and personality. His solo piece in Las Vegas snagged the judges when his routine exposed various mugshots of Nigel Lythgoe to the tune of “Somebody’s Watching Me.”

Hip Hop dancers sometimes have trouble when it comes to Jazz and Contemporary but Tony breezed through most of it.  After a bit of gut-wrenching suspense from the Judges (not even SYTYCD is free from crafted commentary from the judges), Tony exploded in emotion and joined the top 32 after wiping his tears on Cat’s shoulders, who has a thing for boys with feelings (or is it boys she can feel up?). 12 people will be sent home tonight; I hope it isn’t Tony, I’d like to see this local boy make it.

The other thing that’s awesome about SYTYCD is that the music doesn’t suck, with routines set to Black Eyed Peas and the Ting Tings… it only gets better as the season progresses.

Last year, I used a now shutdown service called Red Lasso to display clips from the series. Since that went belly up, I’m still looking for a legalesque method of showing my favorite clips…

Bonus! – Check after the jump and see Tony make an appearance in “Pinch,” a local short film comedy making a tribute to Star Trek.

(Video Via Ricky.org)

UPDATE:: Thursday night comes and goes, and Tony makes the Top 20!!!! Way to go Buffalo!!!

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The Super Viral Brothers are a Producer + Vocalist Duo from Sweden, and their first single “Hot Chocolate + Polar Bear Rug” is an absolute banger…. even if it makes no sense at all. The video is even more absurd, as the “brothers” are birthed, along with a bunch of groupies, all from this poor trashy blonde girl. Not really work safe due to ridiculous amounts of gorey birth goo, and some language in the lyrics. The single belongs to their first release “Wires In Love”, coming soon. Remixes of “Hot Chocolate” from Dada Life, Maskinen, and Stay Gold, are available and the Dada Life mix will tear up any club. (via Discobelle)

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The folks over at Blink are always pushing the bar with their video productions. They’ve done work for Peter, Björn & John, and this time they (well, Tomas Mankovsky) have created this awesome little stop motion short created with a camera pointed at a floor. The effect isn’t new (called pixilation) but the video is pretty awesome. Check it out below and visit the official page to see how they made it.